Southern Coalition for Social Justice Archive
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, finding that the trial court used the wrong standard when deciding that race did not predominate in the drawing of 11 of Virginia’s state …
Voters Fight Back Against Fraud Accusations Defamation lawsuit filed in Greensboro, N.C., by voters wrongfully accused of committing voter fraud
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice joins the individuals and organizations across the country and world condemning President Trump’s recent Executive Order, which imposes severe restrictions on entry into the United States from seven Muslim-majority nations, suspends all refugee admissions …
Legislative Rewrite of Judicial Elections and Election Board Composition Undermines Democratic Principles SB 4 would usurp executive powers for partisan purposes RALEIGH – State Sens. Rucho, Rabon and Tucker introduced SB 4 just hours after the legislature convened its fourth …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2016 Federal Court Orders NC Legislature to Draw New State Legislative Districts by March 15, Hold Special Elections in November 2017 DURHAM – In a unanimous ruling today, a three-judge panel in the United States …
Election Day has arrived! Here are the times polls are open in states across the South and links to where you can find your polling place: North Carolina: Polls are open 6:30 am – 7:30 pm. Find your polling place …
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Statement from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice on Police Violence The Southern Coalition for Social Justice is appalled and outraged by the killing of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. Unfortunately, the killing of Mr. Scott is …
Local boards throughout North Carolina are determining how to conduct this year’s election after a federal appeals court overturned much of the state’s voter restriction law last month. The law was passed in 2013 and the court determined that it …
DURHAM, N.C. — Voters and voting rights advocates won a major court victory today in North Carolina, where three federal judges unanimously found that 28 of the state’s legislative districts are racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn after the …
